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Spot Forecast for Devils Tower Sturgis Support...Devils Tower NP
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1134 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on August 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.Discussion...
Seasonally warm weather is expected Saturday with light southwest
winds becoming north. A disturbance will bring a chance of
thunderstorms Saturday evening with lessening chances overnight.
Any thunderstorm could be strong with gusty erratic winds and
hail. The severe thunderstorm threat is low, but not zero.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max apparent temp...85.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds less than 8 mph becoming
                    north.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  6   9   12  16  18  20  23  21  19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............64  69  76  79  82  85  86  86  87  85
RH..............80  70  54  47  40  35  34  33  32  35
Heat index (F)..64  69  76  80  81  83  84  85  85  83
Surface wnd dir.S   S   SW  W   W   NW  N   N   N   NE
Surface wnd spd.6   7   6   3   3   3   5   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.7   10  7   5   5   5   6   10  10  10

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max apparent temp...83.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds less than 8 mph becoming
                    light and variable.
Rainfall amount.....0.04 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18  30  42  54  63  72  80  77  75  72  64  56
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).40  40  40  40  40  40  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............84  82  75  70  67  65  64  62  61  59  58  57
RH..............37  41  56  68  76  81  81  86  88  92  94  97
Heat index (F)..83  82  75  70  67  65  64  62  61  59  58  57
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  E   E   SE  S   SW  W   NW  N   NW  W
Surface wnd spd.7   6   5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Surface wnd gst.10  7   6   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...EH
Requested by...Matt Roland
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2518412.0/UNR
.DELDT 08/01/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nws.rapidcity@noaa.gov,matt_Roland@nps.gov,william_butler@nps.gov